January 8th, 2009

The Ragamuffin

You are the Ragamuffin, the embodiment of steampunk playfulness. Chances are, you approach the genre from a much more casual and lighthearted standpoint than most other fans. To you, there is always an element of play inherent in the genre, and you may very well enjoy fashion as much for the opportunity to dress up as for the style itself. You probably wear goggles as an accessory, and rarely as actual eye-protection. Your outfits are likely to incorporate a lot of brown or cream, and combine large boots, Victorian corsets or vests, aviator caps or bowler hats, and gypsy skirts or slacks, simply because you like them all.

The Degenerate Artiste {Toreador}

The Toreador are a clan of sensuality. Possessed of a supernatural artistic ability and a charm all their own, the vampires of clan Toreador are both envied and hated. They tend to range from deep and sensitive artistes to loud and extravagant extroverts. Toreadors see the depth in every action and the beauty in every move, to the point of utter entrancement. They find beauty in tragedy and tend to idealize their world. The suffering artist, the gallery gazelle and the utter indulgant are all common Toreador themes. Any of these could be you.

For you to be a Toreador means that you see beyond the mundane and glimpse something truly wonderous. You tend to feel misunderstood and sometimes alone as others don't seem to feel or see things as deeply as you do. The narrowminded will try to label you but you truly cannot be labeled. However, in the scheme of being undead you will find your passions will fade or become frustrating. Also, in the world of true survival you're no maverick. If the weight of a person were to be judged by the soul then you would be platinum, however and utterly unrivaled.

The Warlocks {Tremere}

The Tremere are a clan that thrives on arcane knowledge. As humans, they used this knowledge to become vampires. Now that they are vampires, they use their new found powers to create greater spells and to slowly turn the other clans to their mindset. The Tremere believe that the other clans are outdated and unequiped to handle the modern nights. The other clans think the Tremere are uninformed and idealistic. However, the Tremere know that they have to step carefully around the older vampires, as the old ones are more powerful and the fact that clan Tremere chose to steal vamprism does not make them many friends.

For you to be a Tremere means that you are an innovator. You look at the status quo and see what could be. Science and similar arts are your bread and butter. You wish to create the great De Lorean {time machine} or to pen the most powerful enchantment. You don't care much for artsy socialism or deep empathic relationships. You are a realist who doesn't have time for those who live in fantasy land. However, imagination is one of your greatest tools. Tremere, visionaries or thieves? You decide.

July 9th, 2007

I just encouraged a friend to watch a show before I'd seen the entire thing. Bad idea. I was excited because it was a show called "Moving Up" on Discovery Home, featuring one family (amongst 3) who was all about fantasy/fairy/cottage/whimsical design. Well.. it was.. a bit of a disappointment... Why? Ooh, I'll tell ya why.

They totally only focus on 2 of the 3 families: A family of four and some blonde girl who's apparently got nothing better to do than complain about how filthy everyone else is, and spout wannabe elitest drivel. The blonde is a totally stuck up, bubble-headed bitch, and the host and she essentially make fun of the fantasy-oriented family the whole show. (Not that the woman of the couple makes that terribly hard to do, nor is her design sense terribly good- much less sophisticated...) But c'mon, they present the intro like the whole point of the show is to see how interesting it is that people are so different.. and about illustrating the idea of "to each his own..." :P Right. Apparently it's more, "you don't like what we like, so not only do we think you're stupid, but we're also gonna scapegoat you for all KINDSA SHIT through the whole show.") ...Grr.

So.. meh. If you wanna check it out, by all means. I'd love to see what you think. It's an interesting concept for a show. But jeez... ( Rant.Collapse )

I'm not sure why this show has struck such a chord w/me... I guess it just pisses me off to see a creative, supposedly open-minded and hip network so easily bashing other peoples' styles so openly, when half the time THEY DO some of the stuff the family they're scapegoating did. (..Much less when the point was not to redo/remake anything, just to show person x w/x kind of style in comparison w/family x and their kind of style.. you know??) I feel like they shouldn't call it "Moving Up." They need to title the thing "Let's Make Fun of the Weirdos" and be done with it. :-\

..I wonder what that "weirdo" family is gonna think when they actually SEE the show. They might be good-natured enough to laugh it off. That'd be good, and is probably likely. But personally, I hope they sue for defamation of character and slander. (For all of the insinuations that they intentionally did not disclose the house's flaws, when they -supposedly- KNEW it was infested w/this, that and the other.)

Weyell.. guess you don't exactly need to see the show anymore.. huh? *blushes* Meh, ga head if ya want. It'd be an interesting topic of discussion. See, -I- LOVE to study the differences in people.. W/O going on a snarky diss-fest if peoples' thoughts &/or opinions happen to differ from mine... ;)

Cheers, y'all. :) ..I think I'm gonna make a quick pass through the net to see if anything actually came of that show... Maybe they did sue or something.. ;)*waves* Ta ta!!

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May 22nd, 2007

Next time someone's angry with you and you think it's uncalled for, overreaction, unwarranted, etc., think about that for a second. Gauge the situation first, how somebody else might be feeling/seeing things from an objective perspective, before you let your own anger get the best of you in turn. Just.. try.. at least. ..And then do what you will.....

Just a suggestion from the heart.. from somebody who's learned it the hard way; from experience. Hopefully it's a tool that might help some situation in your life, before they get Worse.